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remark and vexed at B 's mistrust ; but when 



he saw, as his eye cauglit mine, that I believed in 

 him, lie gave his accustomed grunt of satisfaction, 

 and continued to peer into the dark-tangled forest 

 before us. 



A few minutes passed, when he again turned his 

 head on one side, as if to drink in some fancied 

 sound, and I noticed a grim smile of satisfaction 

 illumine his expressive face as he raised both hands 

 over his eyes as if to get a better view of some- 

 thing. At this moment I cauglit sound of the light 

 crackling of a twig, and a rustling as if some ani- 

 mal was moving amongst dry leaves, and again was 

 heard Googooloo's low grunt as he pointed to the 

 bush which had before attracted his attention, whis- 

 pering beneath his breath, " Bagh hy ! " (there is a 

 tiger !) I cocked both barrels of my rifle, moved 

 noiselessly forward, and kept it pointed in the direc- 

 tion indicated, but nothing was to be seen, al- 

 though we waited for many moments in anxious 

 suspense. 



Chineah, who twigged the noise this time, now 

 took the Yanadi's right hand and pressed it to his 

 own forehead, a silent acknowledgment that he had 

 been in the wrong, and from the satisfactory smile 

 that passed over Googooloo's face, I could see that 

 peace was made between the two friends and rivals 

 in " forest lore." 



" Do you think it was a tiger, Hal ? " whispered 

 B . " I rather suspect it must have been a 



